First learn and then teach.
Few are they who see their own faults.
A single light answers as well for a hundred men as for one.
Victuals prepared by many cooks will be neither hot nor cold.
Truth lasts forever, but falsehood must vanish.
This is the punishment of the liar, that when he tells the truth nobody
believes him.
Use thy best vase to-day, for to-morrow it may, perchance, be broken.
When Satan cannot come himself he sends wine as a messenger.
Woe to the children banished from their father's table.
A handful of food will not satisfy the lion, neither can a pit be filled
again with its own dust.
Pray to God for mercy until the last shovelful of earth is cast upon thy
grave.
Cease not to pray even when the knife is laid upon thy neck.
Open not thy mouth to speak evil.
To be patient is sometimes better than to have much wealth.
The horse fed too liberally with oats becomes unruly.
Happy the pupil whose teacher approves his words.
When the cucumbers are young we may tell whether they will become good
for food.
Poverty cometh from God, but not dirt.
Our kindly deeds and our generous gifts go to heaven as messengers, and
plead for us before our Heavenly Father.
The noblest of all charities is in enabling the poor to earn a
livelihood.
The camel wanted to have horns and they took away his ears.
The egg of to-day is better than the hen of to-morrow.
The world is a wedding.
Youth is a wreath of roses.
A myrtle even in the desert remains a myrtle.